Angelo DiLullo | Awakening Made Simple, Spiritual Materialism & The End of Suffering

Angelo DiLullo is an anesthesiologist, meditation teacher, and author of "Awake: It's Your Turn" — a comprehensive yet accessible guide to facilitating awakening. Angelo experienced awakening at 24 but didn't begin teaching until years later, when he noticed that during ordinary conversations, people would spontaneously experience profound shifts in their perception of reality.In this conversation, we explore what awakening actually is and how to explain it to the broadest possible audience, the difference between awakening and liberation, whether suffering ends after awakening, and what spiritual materialism is — and whether it's inevitable on the spiritual path.We also get into how we create our own suffering, the reflective nature of thoughts, whether meditation is necessary for awakening, how self-inquiry differs from meditation, the role of beliefs in the awakening process, whether psychedelics and relational practices like circling can facilitate awakening, and the paradoxical nature of reality.A grounded, clear, and deeply honest conversation about spiritual awakening — for anyone ready to stop overcomplicating the path.🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗Awake: It's Your Turn Angelo's website Angelo's YouTube channel Angelo's meditation app — Simply Awake The Work Documentary Adyashanti Online Circling — Circle Anywhere⏱ TIMESTAMPS ⏱0:00 - Intro2:12 - Angelo's spontaneous free-flowing approach to awakening5:21 - Explaining awakening to the broadest audience11:45 - What is the difference between awakening and liberation?20:45 - Does suffering remain after awakening?28:08 - Artem's experience with 5-MeO-DMT30:56 - Are there people who are awakened but don't know it?35:37 - How we create our own suffering39:52 - What is a thought? The reflective nature of thoughts52:30 - What is spiritual materialism and is it inevitable?1:02:48 - Is meditation necessary for awakening?1:07:37 - How is self-inquiry different from meditation?1:13:55 - The role of beliefs in the awakening process1:19:43 - Can the relational practice of circling facilitate awakening?1:25:19 - Can psychedelics contribute to awakening?1:30:06 - Angelo unpacks "There is no way that things are"1:38:11 - Why do so many people doubt the possibility of awakening?1:45:49 - The paradoxical nature of reality1:50:43 - What's next for Angelo?1:52:38 - Outro*Subscribe to my YouTube channel to watch the video versions of the Elevating Consciousness Podcast *Subscribe to the Insighter Substack to get in-depth articles on the theory and practice of human transformation through a post-conventional